Words are amazing! I once spent two hours at a Broadcast Educators' Association Convention where we spent two hours debating the meaning of the word "audience." When I thought about it, I realized that many of my fellow associates had already spent weeks and, in some cases, months debating that very word. "Audience" is an important word for writers, speakers, broadcasters, etc.. Can you imagine if we spent two hours debating every single word? Whew!
"By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life."
- Jean Baptiste Girard
"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."
- Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
When Words Fail from Shrek the Musical (Broadway)
I picked this flower
Right over there
Is where it grew
And I don’t really like it
But it made me think of you
Because it’s pretty
Is what I’m trying to say
And you are also pretty
But I like you anyway
So please accept this flower
With its petals and a stem
Which represent my feelings
And tells you how..
(spoken)
Oh man I’m in trouble
When words fail
What will I do?
When words fail
How will she know how I feel?
When words fail
Will I fail too?
Hello fair princess
Oh look the moon
Is out tonight
You remind me of that moon
Because it’s big and bright
And by big I don’t mean chubby
Obviously you’re not fat
But your personality is biggish
Is what I meant by that
Sorry ‘bout that fat thing,
I’m on the hefty side myself
I have to blame the gene pool
Which reminds me of…
Oh where I am going with this
When words fail
What will I do?
When words fail
How will she know how I feel?
When words fail
Will I fail too?
Do I have a snowball’s chance?
Are my prospects just too grim?
I spent my life stuck in the mud
Now I’m crawling out on a limb
If words fail
She’ll know what I mean
If words fail
She’ll just take my hand
She sees me like no one else has
If words fail
She’ll understand
She’ll understand
"By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life."
- Jean Baptiste Girard
"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."
- Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
- POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord?
- HAMLET: Words, words, words.
- HAMLET Act 2, scene 2, 191-192 (Shakespeare)
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When Words Fail from Shrek the Musical (Broadway)
I picked this flower
Right over there
Is where it grew
And I don’t really like it
But it made me think of you
Because it’s pretty
Is what I’m trying to say
And you are also pretty
But I like you anyway
So please accept this flower
With its petals and a stem
Which represent my feelings
And tells you how..
(spoken)
Oh man I’m in trouble
When words fail
What will I do?
When words fail
How will she know how I feel?
When words fail
Will I fail too?
Hello fair princess
Oh look the moon
Is out tonight
You remind me of that moon
Because it’s big and bright
And by big I don’t mean chubby
Obviously you’re not fat
But your personality is biggish
Is what I meant by that
Sorry ‘bout that fat thing,
I’m on the hefty side myself
I have to blame the gene pool
Which reminds me of…
Oh where I am going with this
When words fail
What will I do?
When words fail
How will she know how I feel?
When words fail
Will I fail too?
Do I have a snowball’s chance?
Are my prospects just too grim?
I spent my life stuck in the mud
Now I’m crawling out on a limb
If words fail
She’ll know what I mean
If words fail
She’ll just take my hand
She sees me like no one else has
If words fail
She’ll understand
She’ll understand